The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim perks and racial skills revealed. Be a Dark Elf, set yourself on fire

Elder Scrolls fans had a chance to get some hands on time with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim recently at the Eurogamer Expo, and have collated a big old list of information on most of Skyrim's Perks over on The Elder Scrolls Skyrim fan site . These extra abilities can boost your major skills. One will cause your lightning bolt spell to outright evaporate your enemy if their health is low enough. Another will make items cheaper when you buy from the opposite sex you charming rogue, you.

There will be more pronounced racial differences in Skyrim, too. A scaly Argonian will have different baseline stats to a sturdy Orc. They're more adept at picking locks, but can't take a punch quite as well. As with Oblivion, each race will start with a racial ability of which the most impressive is surely the Dark Elf's Ancestor's Wrath, which surround him in wreaths of flame. In Oblivion, these abilities could often only be used once every 24 hours. A bit of Ancestor's Wrath after breakfast would be a great way to start the day, don't you think? Read on for the full list of perks discovered so far.

Perk Trees

Speech

Buying and selling price 10% better (5 ranks)

10% price buying from opposite sex

Invest in shops and increase available gold permanently in invested stores

Master Trader – every merchant in world gains 1000 gold for bartering

Buy and sell from any merchant regardless of what they normally buy and sell

Intimidation attempts twice as successful

Persuasion attempts more likely successful

Alchemy

Potions 20% stronger (5 ranks)

Potions for restore health, magicka or stamina are 25% more powerful (maybe ranked)

Poisons 25% more effective (maybe ranked)

Poisons last for twice as many hits

Two ingredients are gathered from plants

50% resistance to all poisons

All negative effects removed from potions and all positive removed from poisons

2 effects of an ingredient are revealed when testing it for the first time (instead of just one)